Today was such a busy day, we didn't even have time to write our Daily Blog, so I'll tell you about our day here in my blog.  Starting Monday, a single student will be in charge of writing the Daily Blog each day.  Be sure to continue to read our blog and give that child some positive feedback.  We'll begin with Noah A, and go through the class in numerical order.

Our very busy day began with our first Social Studies test.  I taught the students how to enter their answers in their very cool responders, and they were thrilled to find out their grade immediately.  I am thrilled that they did so well on their tests!

We took our first Spelling test, and then the real fun began.  We learned about prime numbers by watching a couple of videos from an amazing website called http://mathplayground.com .  If your child is having any difficulty in math, they may be able to find some help there.  We learned how to make "rainbows" to list factors of a number, and we figured out all the prime numbers less than 120 by completing a "sieve of Eratosthenes."

Then came Science.  The fifth graders are learning about cells, so we watched a little presentation that compares a cell to a basketball game, and we learned about the functions of all the organelles in a cell.  Then we got to use the magnifying viewers to look at plant and animal cells.  You can see our scientists hard at work by looking under the "Our Slideshows" link, or you can just click here: http://www.sbcsseport.org/published/b/cl/bclark/collection/68/

After that, we got to buy passes for the very first time.  The students have really been looking forward to spending some of the Colonial Cash they've earned on some fun passes.  Next week, I'll have some students sitting at the teacher's desk, some will bring a healthy snack or sugar-free gum and enjoy it in class, some will go shoeless for a day, and some will get to do all their work in pen for a day.  Should be fun!

At the end of the day, we learned how to draw faces as we sketched out our self-portraits with "The Draw Man."  We'll color them next week and display them proudly on our bulletin board.  

Today the students brought home their Friday Folders for the first time.  It contains all of their corrected work for the past week.  Please take some time this weekend to look over it with them, then sign the folder and send it back on Monday so your child can earn another dollar of Colonial Cash.

Today was a very busy, but very fun day.  Enjoy your weekend.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Clark